The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2053
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
2:44 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.64° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.99° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.